Wastewater reuse in Turkey: from present status to future potential | Zendy

Bilgehan Nas | Zendy; Sinan Uyanık | Zendy; Ahmet Aygün | Zendy; Selim Doğan | Zendy; Gürsel Erul | Zendy; K. Batuhan Nas | Zendy; Sefa Turgut | Zendy; Mustafa Cop | Zendy; Taylan Dolu | Zendy

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Wastewater reuse in Turkey: from present status to future potential

Author(s) -

Bilgehan Nas,

Sinan Uyanık,

Ahmet Aygün,

Selim Doğan,

Gürsel Erul,

K. Batuhan Nas,

Sefa Turgut,

Mustafa Cop,

Taylan Dolu

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

water science and technology water supply

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.318

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 1607-0798

pISSN - 1606-9749

DOI - 10.2166/ws.2019.136

Subject(s) - wastewater , reuse , wastewater reuse , environmental science , sewage treatment , christian ministry , environmental planning , water resource management , environmental engineering , waste management , engineering , philosophy , theology

The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (MoEU) initiated an important project, ‘Reuse of Treated Wastewater in Turkey’, in 2017. With this project, all wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) were investigated to determine wastewater reuse purposes for the first time. The results obtained from this project were that although there are 1,015 existing WWTPs, only 15 of them realized wastewater reuse. In 2017, the total volume of reused treated wastewater in Turkey amounted to 29.6 million m/year, accounting for 0.78% of the treated urban wastewater. With the present water potential and sectoral water use rates, Turkey should make key administrative and technical regulations in the coming years for water reuse. This paper aims to give an overview of wastewater reuse activities from present status to future potential in Turkey and the opportunities and challenges in expanding water reuse. The status of WWTPs, treatment processes and their compliance with the WWTPs where reuse is carried out in Turkey are evaluated in this study. The realization of the planned goals and challenges are discussed after regulatory changes in Turkey for reclaimed wastewater and reuse targets for 2023. doi: 10.2166/ws.2019.136 s://iwaponline.com/ws/article-pdf/doi/10.2166/ws.2019.136/611601/ws2019136.pdf Bilgehan Nas (corresponding author) Selim Doğan Taylan Dolu Department of Environmental Engineering, Konya Technical University, Konya, Turkey E-mail: bnas@ktun.edu.tr Bilgehan Nas K. Batuhan Nas Sefa Turgut Mustafa Cop Arbiotek Environmental Solutions Research and Development Ltd Co., Selcuk University Technology Development Zone, Konya, Turkey Sinan Uyanik Department of Environmental Engineering, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey Ahmet Aygün Department of Environmental Engineering, Bursa Technical University, Bursa, Turkey Gürsel Erul Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, General Directorate of Environmental Management, Ankara, Turkey K. Batuhan Nas Sefa Turgut Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Konya Technical University, Konya, Turkey

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